Automobile door handle



R. D. HYATT' AUTOMOBILE DOOR HANDLE Filed OCL. 13, 1924 iwi;

RAYMOND D. HYATT, F COLUMBUS, OHIO, ASSGNR TO THE D. L. AULE CGMFANY,

' OF COLUMBUS, OL-O.

AUTOMOBLE :DOGR HANDLE.

Application led. October 13, 1924. Serial No. 743,214.

'ihe present invention is directed to improvements in automobile door handles.

rlhe invention has for its primary object to provide a device of this character constructed in such manner as to enable the escutcheon plate to be attached to the door without any binding effect between the handle parts and escutcheon plate when the key stock is engaged in the usual lock regardless of the angle and contour of the outer surface of the automobile door. rlihis construction enables the handle to be easily and quickly attached to the door without fine adjustments previous to its installation, thus saving considerable time and expense.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character so con struct-ed that the handle may freely rotate in the escutcheon plate, but is positively held against disengagement therefrom even though the handle is roughly handled.

lilith these and other objects in view, this invention resides in the novel features of construction, formation, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the acconipanying` drawing, in which Figure l is a vertical section through a portion of a vehicle door showing the device in place thereon.

Figure 2 is transverse sectional view through the escutcheon plate and key stock head.

lligure 3 is a sectional view through the escutcheon plate and collar.

Referring to the drawing, l designates a portion of an automobile door and in which is formed an opening 2 to permit the insertion of the key stock 3. @wing to the fact that it is not necessary in this con struction to employ securing devices in the opening to hold the key stock against endwise movement said opening is made comu paratively small.

rlhe outer end of the key stock 3 is provided with a circular head 4 which termi nates in the handle structure 5 and upon which no claim is based per se.

The head is provided with an inner annular groove 6 and an outer annular recess 7 which cooperate with the collar 8 of the escutcheon plate 9 in a manner to be hereinafter described. 'lhe escutcheon plate is secured directly to the door l in any approved manner, but not until the head 4L has been placed in assembled relationship with the collar 8 thereof.

Mounted in the groove 6 is a split ring l0 which is of course placed in said groove previous to the application of the collar 8 and subsequent rolling thereof. rfhe groove 6 is of such depth that the ring will have its outer portion extending beyond the plane of the head 4.

To assemble the device the ring is first placed in the groove and the key stock 3 passed through the collar 8 until the ring engages the inner wall of the collar. The collar is then rolled in any approved manner until the rim 1l thereof is located in the recess 7. The head 4: is now in assembled relationship with the escutcheon plate 9 and it is only necessary to pass the key stock 3 through the opening 2 for engagement with a conventional form of lock (not sl'iow1i),after which the plate is securely fastened to the door l. The annular recess 7 is of such dimensions that the rim 11 of the collar has limited play therein to enable the head l to have universal movement in the collar 8 so that the plate can be secured to the door without binding of the parts regardless of the angle of the door. Since the rim 1l of the collar extends into the annular recess 7 without intimate contact with the walls thereof, the handle construction 5 can be freely rotated and owing to the presence of the ring and the curved formation of the collar, after the rolling operation, endwise movement of the key stock is prevented, but at the same time the head i has sufcient universal movement within the collar to permit the plate 9 to be secured to the door without binding of the parts.

The friction-al engagement between the ring and collar is such that the ring will rotate within the groove, thereby eliminating friction to a minimum.

l/Vhat is claimed is l. The combination with an escutcheon plate having a collar, of a handle structure having an annular groove formed therein, a ring rotatably engaged in the groove and frictionally engaged with the collar to cause the ring to rotate in the groove upon rotation of the handle structure, and means for loosely interlocking the collar with the handle structure. i

2. The combination with an escutcheon lll() :und

handle structure including a head, said head having an annular groove and an annular recess formed therein, a ring located in the groove, said Collar confining the head and hearing upon the ring, the rim of the collar being loosely engaged in the recess 'for lim ited movement.

n testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand'.

RAYMOND D. HYATT. 

